JPS60234990A - Method and device for cumulating consumed cathode - Google Patents

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention provides a method for processing a consumable electrode by vertically suspending a consumable anode comprising a consumable electrolytic plate and a pair of suspension protrusions from a hook by the protrusions. In front and back according to the method, a method for stacking consumable anodes by first lifting the consumable anode from the hook by a protrusion, then positioning the consumable anode from a vertical position to a substantially horizontal position, and pairing the consumable anode with the consumable electrolyte plate; suspension projections, the consumable anode is lifted from the hook by the projection and the lifted anode is rotated to stack the consumable anode suspended on the hook by these projections. Direct6flF4hC-,'All
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(Prior art) Such a method is described in patent application WO33/112289,
In particular, it is described in the last section on page 13 of the specification. In this known method, a substantially horizontally positioned anode is moved in a horizontal direction, this moved anode is lifted while being held in a substantially horizontal position, and the lifted anode is alternately moved around the circumference of a vertical axis. After rotating the anodes by 90° and 190° and lifting them once, they are moved to a location where they are to be stacked on top of each other while still being held in a substantially horizontal position.

In this way, a stable stack is formed by stacking the anodes in such a way that the orientation of the anodes is opposite to the orientation of the previously stacked anodes. As can be seen, such a stack is much more stable than a stack in which all the anodes have the same orientation, since the exhausted electrolytic plates of the exhausted anodes are more stable than the suspension lobes. This is because it is thin.

Moreover, such a device is disclosed in the above-mentioned patent application WO33702889.
It is stated in the specification of the No. This known device comprises, in addition to the above-mentioned hook removal and rotation devices, a pair of chain conveyors, a rotating table and a stacking device. The unhooking and rotating device lowers the anode onto the chain conveyor in the aforementioned substantially horizontal position. A chain conveyor transports the anode above the rotating table. The rotary table lifts the anode and rotates the anode alternately 906 and 19.
0" rotation. The stacking device picks up the anodes from the rotary table and moves them to stack them one after another to form a stable stack.

The main component of the hook release and rotation device is formed by a member that supports the electrolyte plate of the anode while positioning the anode in a substantially horizontal position. The support member can be moved from a rest position to an active position and vice versa.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention The above-described method of low mowing has the disadvantage that it requires a large number of steps in order to form a stable pile, and therefore the equipment used to perform it is complex. That's true. Furthermore, there is a disadvantage: a large workshop is required to carry out the multiple steps.

In addition, for the above-mentioned device, the support member, which is the main component of the hook removal and rotation device, is in the operating position at the moment when the hook removal and rotation device lowers the anode onto the two chain conveyors. The chain conveyor has to pass between these two chain conveyors, and still in the rest position, when the unhooking and rotating device is lifted to unhook the next anode, the two must pass again between the chain conveyors. Since the spacing between the two chains is limited by the dimensions of the anode, the supporting device is necessarily small in size and, in practice,
Operating range is limited. This known device is therefore not able to handle anodes whose surface is much smaller than that of the first new electrolytic plate, the reason for this is that such a 1' electrode is not supported by the support mentioned above. This is because the contact portion r1 is not provided. In addition, the positive 1
It also cannot be transported by chain conveyor. Furthermore, this known device has the disadvantage of being complex in construction, cumbersome to handle and expensive.

The object of the invention is to provide a consumable anode which eliminates the disadvantages of known methods. It is an object of the present invention to provide a J-mi stacking method and a consumable anode stacking device.

(Means for Solving the Problem) In the method of the invention, the consumable anode lifted from the hook is moved along its horizontal axis, i.e. in the plane of the first new anode before the consumable anode is consumed, at the top of the protrusion. and alternately rotate 90" and 190° about a horizontal axis substantially coinciding with a horizontal central axis located at equal distances from the lower edge of the electrolytic plate, lowering the rotated anode to a lower position, and lowering the rotated anode to a lower position; Released at the lower position, the released anode is stacked on a support member provided below this lower position, and the support member is lowered to move the upper end of the stack of anodes formed on the support member below the lower position. The device of the invention shall maintain the consumable anode lifted by the unhooking and rotating device in its horizontal axis, i.e. in the plane of the first new anode before the consumable anode is consumed, at the upper end of the protrusion. and configured to rotate alternately 90° and 190' about a horizontal axis substantially coincident with a horizontal central axis located at equal distances from the lower edge of the electrolyte plate; a first conveying device configured to vertically move the hook removing and rotating device between an upper position for removing and a lower position for releasing the rotated anode; The apparatus includes a support device and a second transport device configured to move the support device in a vertical direction.

Embodiments Other details and features of the invention can be learned from the following description of an embodiment of the invention, which is an example of an embodiment of a method and apparatus for cleaning and stacking consumable anodes according to the invention. This shows that.

The same reference numerals indicate the same parts in different drawings.

The installation shown in FIG.
is provided. Sequentially along the mole rail 1, there are a loading station 3 where consumable anodes are suspended on a transport vehicle 2, a washing station 4 where the cathodes suspended on the transport vehicle 2 are washed with water spray, and the suitability of the anodes to be stacked is controlled. control station 5
a station 6 for unloading anodes unsuitable for stacking from the carrier; a first stacking station 7 for stacking anodes suitable for stacking; and a first stacking station 7 having the same structure as the first stacking station. A second stacking station 8 is provided, which is activated in the event of damage to the stacking station 8.

The anode stack 9 formed at the stacking station 7 is delivered as indicated at 10, and the anode stack 11 formed at the stacking station 8 is delivered as indicated at 12.

As shown in FIG. 3, the consumable anode 13 consists of a consumable metal plate 14 provided with two suspension projections 15. The upper edge of these metal plates 14 and the suspension protrusion 15 are
Unused anodes that were not immersed in electrolyte during electrolytic scouring (
The consumable anode 13 is a scrap of an anode before use, and the upper edge of the metal plate 14 is of course thicker than the consumable part. The metal plate 14 of the consumable anode 1S may have the same surface size as the anode before use, but as shown in Figure 6, it is much smaller than the metal plate of the anode before use. Normal.

Thus, the metal plates 14 of the consumable anode 13 have very different dimensions. In the present invention, the axis 16 located at an equal distance from the upper end of the protrusion and the lower end of the new anode plate before use is defined as the "horizontal center axis" of the new anode before use.
(See Figure 6).

The loading station 3, as shown in Box 2, comprises a pair of conveyor chains 17, which are driven step by step in the direction indicated by arrows 18 by a motor, not shown.

The consumable anodes 13 to be cleaned come from the electrolytic cell no. 1 and are placed in sets by a rack 19 on a pair of chains 17 which feed the anodes 13 into a walking beam 20.

The walking beam 20 lifts the anodes 13 one by one from the chain 17 and suspends the anodes on the hook 21 of the carrier 20 (see Figures 3 and 4), which transports the anodes one by one to the washing station 4. .

The washing station 4 is based on the above-mentioned patent application WO8x10228.
The cleaning station 4 is similar to the cleaning station for cleaning the pair of cathodes described in No. 9, and the cleaning station 4 consists of only a single cathode cleaning station. Therefore, the washing station 4 includes a washing chamber 22 and a washing chamber 23,
Sprays 24 are provided in these compartments.

The control station 5 comprises a device 25, such as a photoelectric device, which checks whether the metal plate 14 of the consumable anode 13 still has parts that require further handling in the stacking station 7 or 8.

The unloading station 6 is equipped with a device such as a walking beam 26 for removing the anode 3 from the carrier 2 if the anode does not have parts of the metal sheet 14 that require further handling in the stacking station 7 or 8. It is growing.

As shown in FIGS. 5 to 7, the stacking station 7, after unhooking the anodes 13 that were not unhooked at the station 6 from the hooks of the carrier 2, stacks the anodes 13 alternately at 90'' and 900''. a hook unhooking and rotation device 27 for rotating the reservoir into a substantially horizontal position, between an upper position for unhooking the suspended anode and a lower position of the reservoir for releasing the rotated anode; Conveying device 2 for vertically moving the hook removal and rotation device 27
B, and the hook release and rotation device 27 in the lower position mentioned above.
a stacking device 29 comprising a support device for supporting the stack of anodes 13 released by the stack and a conveyor device for vertically moving this support device; A vacuum suction device 30 is provided for suction by action.

The transport device 28 comprises a frame 31 mounted on legs 32. The frame 31 has two I-shaped uprights 53 which form a roller track 34 for guiding the wheels 65 of the carriage 36. The carriage 36 is driven by a rod 57 of the cylinder arrangement 38. The carriage 36 is provided with a fork 39, the legs 40 and 40' of which support the hook removal and rotation device 27.

The hook removal and rotation device 27 is made up of two U-shaped beam members 4.
2 and 42' and a yoke 41 formed by a crossbar 45. A pivot pin 44 is fixedly provided on the beam member 42, and this pivot pin 44 is connected to the fork 3? legs 4
It passes through the leg end of 0. The pivot pin 44 can be connected and disconnected to a coupling device 45, such as an electromagnetic coupling device. A rod of a cylinder device f46 is connected to the coupling device 45. This cylinder mounting W146 is mounted on the leg portion 40 of the yoke 59. Pivot bottle 44
When disconnecting from the coupling device 45, the pivot pin 44 can freely rotate. Connecting device 451C for pivoting pin 44
When the rod of the cylinder device 46 is coupled and pushed out, the pivot pin 44 rotates together with the yoke 41 in the 90" hour hand rotation direction. Then, when the rod of the cylinder device 46 is retracted, the pivot pin 44 It rotates 90° in the opposite direction together with the yoke 41.

A pivot pin 44' is fixedly attached to the beam member 42', and the pivot pin 44' is located on the same line as the pivot pin 44, and the pivot pin 44' is located on the same line as the pivot pin 44. It passes through the leg end. Pivot pin 44' can be connected to and disconnected from coupling device 45'. The cylinder device 4 is attached to the coupling device 45'.
Connect the 6' rods. The cylinder arrangement 46' is mounted on the 7-oak 39O leg 40'. When the pivot pin 44' is removed from the coupling device 45', the pivot pin 44'
can rotate freely. When the pivot pin 44' is connected to the coupling device 45' and the rod of the cylinder device 46' is pushed out, the pivot pin 44' rotates 900 times in the direction of rotation of the hour hand together with the yoke 41. Cylinder device 46'
The next time the rod is retracted, the pivot pin will
and rotate 90' in the opposite direction. As is clear from this, when the cylinder device 46 is in operation,
It is necessary to remove the pivot shaft 44 from the coupling device 45, and when the cylinder device 46' is operating, it is necessary to remove the pivot pin 44 from the coupling device 45. It is.

A movable hook 47 and a movable fork 48 are attached to the beam member 42 of the yoke 41. The lever 47 and fork 48 can be moved from a rest position shown in dashed lines in FIG. 8 and in solid lines in FIG. 9 to an operating position shown in solid lines in FIG. 8 and in broken lines in FIG. The rear part of the fork 48 is a blade plate 4
9, and this blade plate 49 is fixed to the fixed pivot pin 5.
0, and the rod of the cylinder device 52 is rotated to 5
They are connected by 1. A pair of teeth 56 are provided at both ends of the upper part of the hook 47, and the hook 47 is connected to a fixed pivot pin 55 by a joint joint at 54, while the lower part is connected to the vane plate 49 by a pivot pin 56. There is. When the rod of the cylinder device 52 is retracted (see FIG. 9), the hook 47 and the fork 4B are in the rest position;
When the rod of the cylinder device 52 is pushed out (see FIG. 8), the hook 47 and the fork 48 are in the operating position. The beam member 42' of the yoke 41 also supports the hook 47', and the end of the hook 47' is provided with a pair of teeth 53' (see FIG. 6).
8' and the elements necessary for driving them are constructed in the same manner as described above for hook 47 and fork 48. The yoke 41 and its rotation system are suitably configured so that the new anode can be attached to the hook 47, 47' by its protrusion.
When suspended above and in the operating position, the axis of rotation 80 of the yoke is substantially aligned with the horizontal central axis of the new anode.

Stacking device 29 comprises a frame 57 having two pairs of upright members 58 and 58'. The pair of upright members 58 are provided with roller tracks for guiding the wheels 59 of the carriage 60. The pair of upright members 5B are provided with wheels 59' of a carrier 60'.
A roller track is provided to guide the Transport platform 60
and 60' are interconnected by a first pair of chains 61 and a second pair of chains 62. chain 61
passes around rollers 65, 64 and 65 and extends from carriage 60' to carriage 60, and the chain 62
passes around rollers 66, 63 and 640 and extends from carrier 60' to carrier 60 (sixth and seventh
(see figure).

The lengths of chains 61 and 62 are chosen appropriately so that carriages 60 and 60' are always at the same level.

The carriage 60' is driven by a telescoping cylinder device 67. With the chain and roller system configured as described above, the movement of carriage 60' is identical to the movement of carriage 60. The transport platform 60 is provided with two vanes 6B, and a support member 69 is fixed to these vanes.

The carrier 60' is also provided with two vanes 68',
Support members 69' are fixed to these vanes. Support members 69 and 69' are configured to support anode 13 released by hook removal and rotation device 27.

Two pairs of U-shaped guide members 70 and 70' are fixed to the upper part of the frame 57 of the stacking device 29. These guide members 70 and 70' are provided for two purposes, namely to prevent horizontal movement of the protrusion 15 of the anode 13 which has been released by the hook release and rotation device 27. , hook removal and rotation device 2
The protrusion 15 of the anode 13, which has just been released by the anode 7, is placed in the falling solid of the anode.

The vacuum suction device 30 includes a pair of open end chains 71 mounted on two pairs of pinions (not shown). One of these pairs of pinions is driven by a motor (not shown). Chain 71 is a hollow bearing pin chain with multiple rollers, and is commercially available. A pair 72 of support members 73 are attached to the chain 71,
One pair 72 of support members 73 is provided for the purpose of receiving a pair of anodes from the stacking device 29. Each support member 73
are mounted on two successive axes of the chain 71 and are provided with two wheels 74 on either side, so that the two beam members 75 form an upper roller track and the two Beam member 76 defines a lower roller track. The entire weight of the upper running portion of the pair of chains 71 and its load is supported by the beam member 75, while the entire weight of the lower running portion of the pair of chains 71 is supported by the beam 76. The beam members 75 and 16 are mounted on a horizontal bar 77, and together with two longitudinal garters 78 constitute a frame of the vacuum suction device 30.

The equipment shown in FIG.
2. Washing chamber 23, control stage rental 5, unloading station 6% In order to detect arrival at the first stacking station 7 and the second stacking station 8, known detection devices (not shown) are provided. The detection device of the unloading station 6 is activated only if the control station 5 detects a consumable anode which cannot be processed at the station 7t or 8. The detection device of the second stacking station 8 is activated only if the first stacking station 7 is damaged. When a vehicle 2 is detected by one of these detection devices, its motor 79 (see FIG. 2) is stopped for a predetermined time T, for example 5 seconds.

Next, the operation of the equipment configured as described above will be explained. When the empty carrier 2 is detected at the loading station 3, the empty carrier stops and the walking beam 20 starts operating;
The exhausted anode 13 is hung on the transport vehicle 2. After time T,
The loading vehicle 2 leaves the loading station 3 and heads for the washing station 4. When the load carrier 2 is detected in the washing chamber 22, the upper load carrier stops and the spray 24 in the wash chamber 22 starts operating. After the time T, the spray 24 stops operating and the carrier 2 passes into the washing chamber 23. When the carrier 2 is detected in the washing chamber 23, the carrier stops and the spray 24 in the washing chamber 23 starts operating. time T
Afterwards, the spray 24 is deactivated and the carriage 2 passes to the control station 5. Transport vehicle 2 is control station 5
When detected, this carrier 2 stops, the checking device 25 starts operating, and the metal plate 14 of the exhausted anode 15 suspended on the carrier 2 is detected in the working position by at least one Check whether there are any remaining parts contacted and supported by forks 48 and 48. If the checking device 25 does not detect the above-mentioned part, i.e. if the metal plate 14 of the anode 13 is worn out to such an extent that it is no longer supported by at least one fork 48 and 48', the anode 15 is hooked by the projection 15. 47 and 47',
Also, if the yoke 41 falls in a position other than vertical, the anode 1
5 is not processed at the stacking station 7 or 8. In such a case, the detection device of the unloading station 6 is activated and after a time T the transport vehicle 2 leaves the control station 7. When the carrier 2 is detected at the unloading station 6, the carrier stops and the walking beam 6 unhooks the anode 13 from the carrier 2 and drops the anode into a basket, not shown. After a time T, the unloaded transport vehicle 2 leaves the unloading station 6 and returns via the stacking stations 7 and 8 to the loading station 5.

In the normal case, in which the checking device 1125 detects said part, the load carrier 2 leaving the control station 5 heads towards the first stacking station 7 .

It stops at this first stacking station.

When the load carrier 2 with suspended anodes 13 arrives at the stacking station 7, the carrier 36 of the conveyor device 28 is in its lower position;
The rod 37 of the cylinder device 38 is retracted, the yoke 41 of the hook release and rotation device 27 is in a horizontal position as shown by the broken line in FIG. and 40', the pivot pin 44 is connected to the coupling device 45, the pivot 44' is disengaged from the coupling device 45', and the rods of the cylinder devices 46 and 46' are retracted. The hooks 47 and 47' and the forks 48 and 48' are in their rest positions, and the rods of the cylinder devices 52 and 52' are retracted.

When the transport vehicle 2 stops at the stacking station 7,
The rod 57 of the cylinder device 38 is pushed out, and the carriage 36 rises together with the yoke 41 to its upper position. When the carriage 36 is detected in its upper position by a known detection device (not shown), the rod of the cylinder device 46 is pushed out and the yoke 41 is rotated 90' in the direction of rotation of the hour hand, thereby causing the yoke to move as shown in FIG. Vertical position as shown by solid line. When the yoke 41 is detected in this vertical position by a known detection device (not shown), the rods of the cylinder devices 52 and 52' are pushed out, thereby causing the
The seven hooks 47-471 and forks 4B-48' are moved into the working position, and the hooks 47-47' lift the anode 15 by its projection 15 from the transport vehicle 20 hook 21 (see FIGS. 6 and 8). When the hooks 47-47' and/or the forks 43-48' are detected in their respective operating positions by a known, non-illustrated detection device, the pivot pin 44 is removed from the coupling device 45 and the pivot pin 44'
is connected to the coupling device 4da, the rod of the cylinder device 46' is pushed out, and the yoke 41 supporting the exhausted anode 13 is rotated 90' again in the direction of rotation of the hour hand, and the anode 13 is
is in the horizontal position, and in this case, the seven hooks 47-47' are located between the legs 40-40' of the fork 59O. During and after this rotation, the anode 13 is supported within the yoke by the legs of the seven claws 47-47' and at least one of the forks 4B-48'. When the horizontal position of the loading yoke 41 supporting the anode is detected by a known detection device (not shown), the rod 37 of the cylinder device 58 is retracted, and the carrier 36 moves the loading yoke 4
1 to its lower release position and the protrusion 15 of the anode 15
The yoke 41, which engages the yoke 41, is located within the guide member 70' (see FIG. 9), when it is detected by a known non-indicating detection device that the coke 41 is in the downwardly released position. The rods of the cylinder arrangement 52-52' are retracted and the anode 13 falls onto the support members 69-69' of the stacking arrangement 29. These support members 69-69' are at this moment located a few centimeters below the lower release position of the yoke 41, and the telescopic cylinder device 67 is fully extended. During the retraction of the rods of the cylinder devices 52-52/, i.e. while the hooks 47-47' and the forks 4B-48' move from their respective working positions to their respective rest positions, the anode 13 is constantly guided into substantially the same position. These guide members 70 further guide the anode during its fall. After time T, the loading vehicle 2, which had stopped at the stacking station 7, begins to unload the anode again and returns to the loading stage 3.

When the next transport vehicle 2 stops at the stacking stage gin 7, the rod 37 of the cylinder device 38 is pushed out and the transport vehicle 2
returns to its upper position together with the yoke 41. The rod of the cylinder device 46' is retracted, and the yoke 41 is rotated 90 DEG in the counterclockwise rotational direction and returned to the vertical position. The rods of the cylinder arrangement 52-52' are pushed out and the anodes are lifted from the carrier. The pivot pin 44' is removed from the coupling device 45', the pivot pin 44 is connected to the coupling device 45, the cylinder device 460 rod is retracted, and the loading yoke is rotated 90' in the counterclockwise direction. The rod 37 of the cylinder device 58 is retracted and the yoke 41 is returned to the lower release position shown in broken lines in FIG. There is. The rod of the cylinder arrangement 52-52' is retracted and the anode 15 falls and is stacked on top of the previously stacked anode. The cycle described above can be started again.

Once the anodes are stacked on the support members 69-69', the telescoping cylinder arrangement 67 is retracted so that the upper anode remains a few centimeters below the release position of the yoke 41. When the anode stack reaches the predetermined height, the telescopic cylinder device 67 is fully retracted, thereby lowering the anode stack onto the support member 73 of the pair 72 of the vacuum suction device 30.

The chain 71 of the vacuum suction device 30 moves, thereby vacuum suctioning the stack of anodes, and the telescopic cylinder device 6
7 can be extruded and the formation of the stack of anodes on the support members 69-69' can be repeated again.

As shown in FIG. 10, an extremely stable pile 9 is obtained.

It should be understood that the equipment described above can be modified in many ways within the scope of the invention.

Thus, for example, the second stacking station 8 could be omitted, although such a modification would of course reduce the flexibility of the installation.

The mole rail 1 and the transport vehicle 2 can be replaced by a conveyor chain with hooks, but this modification also reduces the flexibility of the installation.

Although a conventional cylinder arrangement can be used in place of the telescopic cylinder arrangement 67, such a cylinder arrangement is much more complex in construction than a telescopic cylinder arrangement.

If the control system of the installation is changed, the unloading station 6 can also be provided downstream of the stacking stations 7 and 8.

In addition, transport vehicle 2 is placed at each station S, 22°23.5,
It is also possible to stop at 6.7 and 8. This can simplify the control system of the equipment and does not result in loss of productivity if a sufficient number of transport vehicles are available.

Instead of stopping the open carrier for the scheduled time T at the stations where the anodes are loaded or unloaded from the carrier 2, the carrier is stopped at these stations for the time necessary for loading or unloading. The completion of this loading or unloading work is detected by a detection device or the like.

Instead of retracting the rod 67 of the cylinder device 38 when the loading yoke 41 is detected to be in a horizontal position, the rod 67 of the cylinder device 38 is retracted and the loading yoke is rotated, for example, by 20 degrees. It is also possible to combine the end of the rotation and the start of the descent.

Instead of pushing out the rod of the cylinder device 46 (or retracting the rod of the cylinder device 46) when the carrier 36 is detected in the upper position, in order to combine the end of the flush with the start of rotation of the empty yoke. It is also possible to push out the rod at the same time as detecting that the carriage 36 is at an intermediate position between its lower and upper positions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a consumable anode cleaning and stacking installation comprising a device for stacking cleaned anodes according to the invention; FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the consumable anode transport device in the equipment shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a side view of the equipment shown in FIG. 6, and FIG. 3 and 4 are enlarged plan views of the station for stacking consumable anodes transported by the transport device, FIG. 6 is a side view of the stacking stage town shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. A front view, FIG. 8 is an explanatory view showing the state in which the consumable anode is removed from the conveying device shown in the third figure at the stacking station shown in the seventh figure, and FIG. 9 is an explanation of the consumable anode stacking operation at the stacking station shown in the fifth figure. FIG. 10 is a plan view of anode stacks stacked at the stacking station shown in FIG. 13...Consumable anode 14...Electrolytic plate 15...Suspension protrusion 16...Horizontal center axis 21...Hook 6
9,69',... Support member 27...Hook removal and rotation device 28.31-40.40'...First conveying device 58-68.58'-60', 6B'... 2nd Conveying Device Patent Applicant Metal Rujihobokan - Overbelt 1 name Fang 1 Fig. Fang 2 Fig. 9 Fang 3 Fig. 24 Fig.'3?7 Fig. Fang 8 Fig. 27 29 Fig.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] [1] A consumable anode comprising a consumable electrolyte plate <14) and a pair of suspension protrusions (151). The consumable anode is first lifted from the hook by the protrusion according to the processing method of The consumable anode is placed along its horizontal axis -
, i.e. around a horizontal axis that substantially coincides with a horizontal central axis al located at equal distances from the upper edge of the protrusion and the lower edge of the electrolytic plate in the plane of the first new anode before the consumable anode is consumed. rotating the anode alternately by 90° and -90°, lowering the rotated anode to a lower position, releasing this anode in the lower position, stacking the released anode on 69′), and lowering the support member onto the support member. 4. Maintaining the upper end of the stack of anodes formed in the lower position at the lower position. A method of stacking worn out anodes. [4] The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the protrusion of the anode which is released is prevented from substantially moving. (Support) According to claim 1 or 2, the anode is lowered from the lower position to the upper end of the anode stack by guiding the protruding part of the anode that has just been released to drop the anode. Method described. (b) Before lifting the consumable anode from the hook, the consumable electrode is inspected to see if it is suitable for handling by the device, and the lifted anode is rotated. The method described in Section 1. (5) Worn out electrolytic plate Q4) and a pair of suspension protrusions a!
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Ilf suspended consumable anode (13 stacking device (
5, 7), and the consumable anode (13) is connected to the protrusion a from 12υ! a consumable electrode stacker comprising a hook remover and a rotating device configured to lift the lifted anode by 9 and rotate the lifted anode to bring the anode from a vertical position to a substantially horizontal position and release the rotated anode; In the above-mentioned hook removal and rotation device C! η lifts the consumable anode to its horizontal axis ■, i.e., the horizontal central axis located at an equal distance from the upper edge of the protrusion and the lower edge of the electrolytic plate in the plane of the first new anode before the consumable anode was consumed. and configured to rotate alternately 90° and 190″ about a horizontal axis substantially coincident with the angle of rotation, and further between an upper position for unhooking the suspended anode and a lower position for releasing the rotated anode. a first conveying device (28, 51-40, 40') configured to vertically move the hook removal and rotation device; and a supporting device (69) provided below the lower position. ,6t
') and a second transport device (s5-6a, ss'-60', 6a) configured to move this support device in a vertical direction.
') and a consumable anode stacking device. (5) The protrusion (1) of the anode Q31 in the downward release position
a guide member (
70, 70'). 2. The device according to claim 6, characterized in that the guide members (70, 70') extend downward. (6) A device (5, 2) for inspecting whether the consumable electrode suspended from the hook C (1) is suitable for handling by the hook removal and rotation device (5).
Claims 5 to 7 are characterized in that they include 5).
Which of the following items is the device described in item 1. ■ The hook removal and rotation device @ is connected to the yoke (4
2, 42, 42', 43), the yoke (first pivot pin G14 fixed to 4υ), and this first pivot pin (4υ)
A first drive device (4119) that first rotates the hour hand 90' in the direction of rotation of the hour hand, then 90' in the opposite direction, or in the reverse order; A first joint device 00 that is coupled to and separated from the first drive device (c), and a first joint device 00 that is fixed to the yoke shaft and located on the same line as the first pivot pin 2nd pivot pin 04 and 2nd pivot pin 0d
a second drive device that first rotates the hour hand by 90 degrees in the direction of rotation of the hour hand and then rotates it 90 degrees in the opposite direction, or in the reverse order; Connect to the drive unit @i,
Also, a second coupling device track V that is separated from the second drive device, a pair of hooks (47, 47', 55.53'), and a pair of rims (48, 4B') - the hook and fork. from the rest position to the working position,
There are still devices (49, 50, 51, 52, 52') mounted on the yoke αυ for movement from the working position to the rest position.
, 54.55). Apparatus according to any one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that it comprises: